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TWELFTH ANNUAL (DNVENTION 1930

twelfth Annual D^ational Convention THE AMERICAN LEGION

Tenth Annual National Convention AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY

deventh Annual Promenade Nationale LA SOCIETE DES QUARANTE HOMMES ET HUIT CHEVAUX

Eighth Annual Marche Nationale LA BOUTIQUE DES HUIT CHAPEAUX ET QUARANTE FEMMES

BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND PREAMBLE

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X/ for the following purposes: To uphold and defend the Constitution of the of America; to main-

tain law and order; to footer and perpetuate a one hun-

dred per cent Americanism; to preserve the memories and

incidents of our association in the great war; to inculcate

a sense of individual obligation to the community, Slate

and nation; to combat the autocracy of both the classes

and the masses; to make right the maSler of might; to

promote peace and good will on earth; to safeguard and

transmit to poSlerity the principles of juSlice,

freedom and democracy; to consecrate and

sandlify our comradeship by our de-

votion to mutual helpfulness.”

Page Two HERBERT HOOVER

President of the United States and Marine Corps Commander-in-Chief of Army, Navy ,

GUEST OF HONOR TWELFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION THE AMERICAN LEGION

Page Three FRANK G. ALLEN

Governor

Commonwealth of

to ^ t lS more t^an a r i yil e e i* is an honor which comes Greetings ^ P g > <3 * me as Governor of Massachusetts, to extend to The American Legion the cordial greetings of our Commonwealth and to proffer the assurance of a hearty welcome.

This year as we celebrate the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the begin- ning of our American democracy, it seems particularly appropriate that Boston should have been chosen as the meeting place of those who so valiantly defended those principles upon which our Government was founded. The at- mosphere of Boston is rich in historic interest. Our traditions are permeated

with the spirit of patriotism and speak eloquently of that Struggle for liberty from which grew these United States.

May I express the hope that this coming convention of the American Legion may strengthen the bonds and deepen the loyalties that make your

orgauization the type of all that is highest and best in American citizenship.

Page Four JAMES M. CURLEY Mayor

City of Boston

of BoSton, Itisa reat honor and a privilege for me, as Mayor C^rPPtlWCfS / g Kj/eezingd. in convention to greet The American Legion, which assembles constitutional government in America. here in the Tercentenary of the birth of free the infringement of the rights In BoSton were sown the seeds of that proteSt againSt and thundered to Europe, and of man, which resulted in American independence, was no more, that might was through Europe to the reSt of the world, that oppression be the possession of all men no longer to be considered right, and that liberty was to psalmiSt calls the earth. To wherever they lived on the face of “God’s footstool,” as the the arts and in the sciences, has BoSton, which, because of its interest in learning, in invite The American Legion, which been truly called a very university in its Streets, we world, to visit us, to gaze upon the has done so much for democracy throughout the inspiration to all who have visited them, to historic shrines which are and have been an freedom, and teach mankind that the go out into every country, preach the doCtrine of is no idle dream, but is faSt becom- federation of the world and the parliament of man ing a reality. and when you leave us May your Stay with us exceed your fondeSt expectations, pleasant memories. may you look back upon your visit as one of your moSt

Page Five Carroll J. Swan President 1930 National Conven- tion Corporation

John J. O’Connell Richard F. Paul Department Commander 1929-30 Department Commander 1930-31 Page Six

of the he 1930 National Convention Corporation TAmerican Legion and the Department of Massa- welcome to chusetts, extend to you a moSt cordial the Boston, Massachusetts and New England, on this Convention. occasion of the Twelfth Annual National you the We earnestly believe we have provided for gathering, basic essentials for a successful Convention namely: convenient, comfortable, economic transpor- plentiful, whole- tation; adequate, comfortable housing; some, interesting and varied entertainment. earneSt effort of It has been the sincere desire and be not only the this Corporation that this Convention Legion, but the greatest in the history of the American truSt your greatest gathering of its kind in history. We and sojourn here will be both pleasant and educational, a better ap- that when you return to your homes with frater- preciation of the natural beauty, hospitality, you will de- nity and courtesy of “Old New England, will feel more than sire to visit here again. Then we compensated for our efforts.

President 1930 National Convention Corporation

Commander Department of Massachusetts

Page Seven Francis J. Good Carroll J. Swan John D. Crowley Vice President President Executive Secretary

1930 NATIONAL CONVENTION CORPORATION

Ralph M. Eastman Leo M. Harlow William H. Griffin Bazil B. Mulligan

Treasurer Pad Dept. Commander Pad Dept. Commander Clerk of Corporation

John J. O’Connell Gaspar G. Bacon Richard F. Paul Commander 1929-30 Chairman Finance Commander 1930-31 Committee

Page Eight Charles H! Cole Raymond O. Brackett William J. Keville Chairman Housing Director PaSi Dept. Commander Committee

1930 NATIONAL CONVENTION CORPORATION

Paul H. Hines William B. Barry Sherman Bowles Chairman Publicity Assistant Executive Director Committee Secretary

Clement A. Norton Edmund R. Dewing Cornelius J. Crean Chairman Registration Chairman Parking Corporation Counsel Committee Committee Page Nine O. L. BODENHAMER National Commander

NATIONAL OFFICERS THE AMERICAN LEGION

Commander O. L. Bodenhamer, El Dorado,

Vice Commanders

Milt D. Campbell John J. Dugan Frank Schoble, Jr. , Wilmington, Wyncote, Willis M. Brewer Morton M. David Pontiac, Denver,

Chaplain Historian Treasurer Rev. Father George F. Kettell, D.D. Eben Putnam Bowman Elder Macedon, Wellesley Farms, Mass. , Ind.

Judge Advocate Adjutant Scott W. Lucas James F. Barton Havana, Fort Dodge,

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Official Program (CONVENTION) THE AMERICAN LEGION

MONDAY September 29

Horticultural Hall 9:00 a.m. Opening National Headquarters,

WEDNESDAY

October 1

Committees Headquarters, 9:00 a.m. Opening Corporation FirSl Corps Cadets Armory

opposite Hotel Statler Arlington Street and Columbus Avenue, all other Local Headquarters for Registration, Information and Convention Committees

United States Convention PoSt Office located here also

SUNDAY MONDAY October 6 October 5

Credentials, Hor- Music 1 :oo p . m . Committee on 9:00 A.M. and ticultural Hall, Massachusetts Ele<5tric PoSt No. 228 Band Huntington Avenues Milwaukee, National No. 21 Frankfort PoSt Champions 1:15 P.M. Committee on Permanent Or- Drum and Bugle Corps ganization Horticultural Hall , Pa.

National Com- Rules, Horticul- 9:30 a.m. Call to order by 1 *.30 p . m . Committee on O. L. Bodenhamer tural Hall mander, Invocation by the National Chaplain, Delegation Chairmen George F. Kettell, D.D. 2:00 p . m . Meeting of Rev. Father Hall and Secretaries, Horticultural Advancement of Colors

Singing of the “Star Spangled Banner” by National Executive 3:00 p . m . Meeting of William GuStafson, Jr. Committee, Horticultural Hall Reading Call of Convention by National Adjutant, James F. Barton 8:00 p.m. Memorial Service, Faneuil Hall

Page Eleven JAMES F. BARTON

National Adjutant

Addresses of Welcome: 11:30A.M. Address: President of the United States Honorable Frank G. Allen, Governor Memorial Services, Rev. Father George of Massachusetts F. Kettell, D.D. Honorable James M. Curley, Mayor “There Is No Death,” by William GuStaf- son, of Boston Jr. Silent Prayer John J. O’Connell Commander, 1929-30, Taps Department of Massachusetts Retirement of Colors

Carroll J. Swan, President, 1930 Adjournment

National Convention Corporation 1 :oo p.m. Governor’s Luncheon to Presi- dent of the United States Response by: 3:00 p.m. Meeting of Convention Com- State House, Beacon Street, Frank Schoble, Jr., National Vice Com- mittees, BoSton Common mander opposite 7:00 p.m. National Commander’s Dinner Committee Reports: in honor of Distinguished GueSts a. Permanent organization 10:00 p.m. Meeting of Convention Com- b. Credentials mittees

c. Rules

Report of the National Commander TUESDAY

Greetings from: October 7 Mrs. Donald Macrae, Jr., National Break- President, American Legion Auxiliary 8:15 a.m. Chamber of Commerce faSt to Distinguished GueSts E. Snapper Ingram, Chef de Chemin de 10:00 a.m. American Legion Parade Fer, 8:00 p.m. Meetings of Convention Com- Introdu&ion of Distinguished GueSts mittees

Page Twelve WEDNESDAY Awards: a. 100% Membership Honor Plates October 8 b. 400% Club Citations c. PoSt History Contest Retirement of Colors 8:30 A.M. Music Adjournment 9:00 a.m. Call to Order by National Com- Convention Com- mander 3:00 p.m. Meeting of Invocation mittees Advancement of Colors THURSDAY Committee Reports: Constitutional Amendments October 9 Addresses: 8:30 A.M. Music GueSts: Distinguished 9:00 a.m. Call to Order by the National Admiral William S. Benson, U.S.N. Commander (Ret.) , D. C. Invocation Gen. Frank T. Hines, Administra- Advancement of Colors tor, ’ Affairs, Washington, Addresses by Distinguished GueSts D. C. Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, President, Ameri- William R. Green, Col. Fred W. Abbott, President of Fidac, Washing- can Federation of Labor, , ton, D. C. Committee Reports Hickie, Major General Sir William Unfinished Business K.C.B. County Tipperary, Ireland New Business Reports Convention Committee a. Election of Officers Finance Presentation of Colors to Outgoing and Resolutions Incoming National Commanders by Legislation PaSt National Commander Hanford Rehabilitation MacNider National Defense Retirement of Colors Internal Organization Adjournment Child Welfare Americanism Time and Place of Next Convention Foreign Relations

Bunker Hil Overlooking Boston Harbor, Hands granite shaft commemorating the Monument, a British. firH aClual engagement with the The firSl railroad in the United States was con- structed to haul the granite blocks for this monu- ment.

Page Thirteen Mrs. Donald Macrae, Jr. National President NATIONAL OFFICERS AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY

President Mrs. Donald Macrae, Jr., Council Bluffs, Iowa Vice Presidents

Mrs. Vaun Scott Seybert Miss Adelaide Fitzgerald Mrs. J. A. Howell Indianapolis, Hopkinton, Massachusetts Ogden, Utah Mrs. L. E. Thompson Mrs. Harry F. Vass Pueblo, Colorado Winston-Salem, Treasurer Chaplain Historian Mrs. Cecilia Wenz Mrs. W. W. Townes, Jr. Mrs. Frank Fleming Indianapolis, Indiana Petersburg, Augusta, Secretary Mrs. Gwendolyn W. MacDowell Indianapolis, Indiana

Page Fourteen (CONVENTION) AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY

• LP’ SATURDAY MONDAY October 6 October 4 Committee 8:ooa.m. Music 2:30 p.m. National Finance National Secretaries’ Room, of National Officers Meeting, 8:15 a.m. Processional Hotel Somerset and Distinguished GueSts

the National 8:30 A.M. Call to Order by Macrae, SUNDAY President, Mrs. Donald Jr. led by Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, Americanism October 5 Mrs. Frank B. Emery, Chairman Executive Board Meet- 10:00 a . m . National Colors ing, Faneuil Hall Advance of Mrs. Invocation—National Chaplain, Committee Meetings 2:00 p . m . Convention W. W. Townes, Jr. Symphony Hall Pilgrim Processional Banner Americanism Singing of the Star Spangled Community Service and Unit A&ivities the Convention by World War Orphans Reading of the Call for Education of Mrs. Gwen- the National Secretary, Fidac Wiggin MacDowell Membership dolyn the Com- Poppy Greetings of the Governor of x- Trophies, Awards and Emblem monwealth of Massachusetts, His cellency, Frank G. Allen Chairmen and Secre- p . . Delegation 3:30 m of the City of Hall Greetings of the Mayor taries’ Meeting, Symphony M. BoSlon, the Honorable James Committee Meetings 4:00 p . m . Convention Curley Symphony Hall Massa- Greetings of the Department of Auxiliary, Credentials chusetts, American Legion Department Rules Miss Anna M. Manion, President P.M. Convention Committee Meet- 4:30 of Massa- Hall Greetings of the Department ings, Symphony Richard chusetts, The American Legion Permanent Organization F. Paul, Department Commander Pages and National Sergeant-at- Convention 5:00 p.m. 9:1c a.m. Presentation of the Hall Arms Meeting, Symphony Committee Chairmen by the National Mrs. Chairman of the Convention, 8:00 p.m. Memorial Service with The Lee Bishop American Legion, Faneuil Hall Franklin

Page Fifteen MONDAY RECESS 8:00 p.m. Music, Winning Glee Club

October 6 Report of Fidac Congress, Mrs. Robert Walbridge, American Vice-President of Fidac Auxiliary 9:35 a.m. Reports of Convention Com- mittees Introduction of Distinguished GueSts Permanent Organization Credentials Greetings from Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Rules Hobart, President General, National Society of the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution

RECESS President of the American War Mothers President of the Women’s Overseas Serv- 10:00 a.m. Meeting of Quartette and Glee ice League Club Leaders, Symphony Hall Princess Alexandrine Cantacuzene, Rou- mania 10:00 a.m. Attendance at the official open- President ing of The American Legion Conven- of Fidac Auxiliary tion, Boston Arena Music, Winning Quartette

Presentation of Distinguished Service Medals 2:30 p.m. Music Retirement of Colors Call to order by the National President ADJOURNMENT Reports of National Officers 10:00 p.m. Divisional Caucuses, Symphony National President, Mrs. Donald Mac- Hall rae, Jr. National Secretary , Mrs. Gwendolyn Wiggin MacDowell National Historian , Mrs. Frank Flem- ing

3:00 p.m. Address by National Com- mander, The American Legion, O. L. Bodenhamer

Greetings by the National Adjutant, The American Legion, James F. Barton

Greetings by Forty and Eight, E. Snapper Ingram, Chef de Chemin de Fer

Greetings by Eight and Forty, Mrs. Car- rol Marks, Le Chapeau National

3:35 p.m. Reports of Convention Com- mittees Americanism Community Service and Unit Activities Education of World War Orphans “One if by land and two if by sea.” Fidac , Thefamous lights flashed in the tower juSl above the Membership clock in the Old North Church , and Started Paul Poppy Revere and William Dawes on theirfamous rides to Trophy, Awards and Emblems warn the farmers of Lexington and Concord.

Page Sixteen MAP OF Downtown BOSTON . —,

MAP INDEX

( Showing Service of ) CONVENTION HALES

1. Boston Arena, St. Botolph St., near Mas- sachusetts Ave. —Subway-Huntington Ave. car to Massachusetts Ave.

2. Symphony Hall, Huntington Ave. and Mas- 4. sachusetts Ave. —Subway-Huntington Ave. car to Massachusetts Ave.

8. Horticultural Hall, Massachusetts Ave. and Huntington Ave.—Subway-Hunting- ton Ave. car to Massachusetts Ave. 5. STATE HOUSE

State House, Beacon St., opposite Park HERE St., overlooking Boston Common—Subway or Cambridge-Dorchester Tunnel to Park St. Station. Short walk from Park St.

Station. STARTS

COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS First Corps Cadets Armory, local com- PARADE mittees’ headquarters, Columbus Ave. and Arlington St. —Subway to Arlington St.

89. South Armory, Irvington St., opposite St. Botolph St.—Subway-Huntington Ave. car to Irvington St.

HOTEL HEADQUARTERS

6. Hotel Statler, Legion Headquarters, Ar- lington & Providence Sts. —Subway to Arlington St.-

7. Somerset Hotel, Auxiliary Headquarters, Commonwealth Ave. and Charlesgate East —Subway to Massachusetts Station.

8. Hotel Commander, Congressional Medal of Honor Men, Garden & Berkeley Sts., Cam- bridge—Cambridge Subway to Harvard Sq. then Belmont bus or Huron Ave. car to Hotel.

9. Hotel Touraine, 40 and 8 Headquarters, Boylston and Tremont Sts.—Subway to Boylston St. Station or Elevated to Boyl- ston-Essex Station.

PULLMAN AND PIER CITIES

30. B. & M. Pullman City, back of Ford Plant, Mystic Ave., Somerville—Elevated to Sullivan Sq., then Fellsway car to Ford Plant.

11. B. & A. Pullman City, Allston yards Cambridge Subway to Central Sq., Station, then Union Sq., Allston, bus via River St. to yards.

12. B. & A. Pullman City, Exeter St. yards, near Mechanics Bldg. —Subway-Hunting- ton Ave. car to Garrison or West Newton Sts. to R. R. yard.

13. N. Y., N. H. & H. Pullman City, Dover St. yards—Dorchester Tunnel to Broadway Station.

14. N. Y., N. H. & H. Pullman City, South- ampton St. yards—Dorchester Tunnel to Andrew Station, then Dudley St. -City Point car to yards.

15. Commonwealth Pier, Northern Ave. Dorchester Tunnel to , D and Summer St. car to pier viaduct.

16. Eastern S. S. Pier, India Wharf, Atlantic Ave. —Elevated to Rowes Wharf Station, or East Boston Tunnel to Atlantic Ave. Station. “ ENTERTAINMENT CENTERS and flreworks-Subway to Kenmore Football game, Drum Corps contests 17 . Fenway Park, Massachusetts Station, then Ipswich St.- Stadium in Fenway-Subway to 18 . schoolboys'

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20 . Activities Exposit sutway. Armory, Massachusetts Governmental 21 . Commonwealth Gaftney bt. Lake St. or Watertown car to ... ailhw. v . Massachusetts Industries xpo Building, Huntington Ave., 22 . Mechanics TTiinf inerton Ave. car to Garrison St. . Tea-Subway-Huntington Ave. car to Huntington Aye., Gold Star Mothers' 23 . Y D. Club, St Musical Contests-Subway Huntington Hanc°„ck Hall, St. dames Ave., Auxiliary 24 . ]££ Arlington Station Ave car m ClSendon St., or Subway car to Subway, or Atlantic A . , on Causeway St.-Elevated, 25 . Boston Garden, Elevated to North Station.

26 . vmatage^pornts dl25?“5 27 . aC SlTJtcpe “^bor^and rfEST* in President Roads, tion, “Old Ironsides, ® Dorchester Tunnel to South Station, Jsland-Dorchester Tunnel to S' ’SfME BaT F^r Castle L end of line. Broadway Station, then City Point car to OTHER HOTELS Boston Tunnel to Scollay Sq., or HOUSE, 56 Hanover St.-Subway or East AMERICANM Union-Friend Station. Washington St. Tunnel and Elevated to car, to Arlington Sq. 18 Chandler St.—Subway, Tremont St. ARLINGTON, St. Tunne i Station, or Elevated or Washington AVERY, 24 Avery St.-Subway to Boylston Stations. to Boylston-Essex «tntinn Cambridge-Dorchester Tunnel to Park St. Station RETLEVUE 21 Beacon St.—Subway, n d t0 BroIdwTluU^“nce. ^Sa£“w^r Bt. cTr re— «. b—ck, “c Kenmore Station. BUCKMINSTER, 645 Beacon St.—Subway to Kenmore Station. CANTERBURY, 14 Charlesgate West—Subway to _ Station, then to Harvard Sq. c CHARLESGATE, 535 Beacon St.—Subway to Massachusetts Station COMMONWEALTH, Bowdoin and Allston Sts.—Subway to Park St. or u way COPLEY PLAZA, Copley Sq. —Subway to Copley Station, Subway-Huntington Ave. ^ SQUARE, 49 Huntington Ave.— 1 COPLEY Elevated to South^^aUrniStation Ave.-Dorchester Tunnel or Atlantic Ave. ESSEX 695 Atlantic car to Massachusetts Station, then Harvard Sq. fInsGATE ^ Beacon St. —Subway to or Subway-Huntington HEM^nTaINi Westland Ave.-Subway to Massachusetts Station, Ave. car to Massachusetts Ave. m a cr”on or Subway-Huht,hgtoh —tr r Br“

Beacon St. Station, then Fenway bus to Ave Elevated St.—Elevated, Subway, MANGER, at North Station, Causeway

n^'^Broad^vay'isubwa!^ ellv™ct ov BuSSS* ^ ^ Stations. PAE Elevatckl ^.o ' Stat^Milk^ brMge ^ubway-Dor^este^ Tunnel* to^ Park^St.T^ y a «. 0 “ s“wr :— rsw to Massachusetts sr:"Charles River Road, Cambridge-Subway COURT, 305 RIMVERBANK River Rd. sSuom then Harvard Sq. car to Charles Kenmore Station. SHERATON, 91 Bay State Road—Subway to Subway to Copley Sta ion. VENDOME, 160 Commonwealth Ave.— St.-Subway to Copley Statiom VICTORIA, 271 Dartmouth Huntington Subway t P y or WESTMINSTER, 124 St. James Ave., Copley Sq. Ave. car to Clarendon St.

Index continued on lust fold. —

MAP INDEX (Showing Service of Boston Elevated Railway). CONVENTION HALES

1. Boston Arena, St. Botolph St., near Mas- 8. sachusetts Ave. —Subway-Huntington Ave. car to Massachusetts Ave.

2. Symphony Hall, Huntington Ave. and Mas- 4. sachusetts Ave.—Subway-Huntington Ave. car to Massachusetts Ave. Horticultural Hall, Massachusetts Ave. and Huntington Ave.—Subway-Hunting- ton Ave. car to Massachusetts Ave. 5. STATE HOUSE Beacon St., opposite Park State House, HERE St., overlooking Boston Common—Subway or Cambridge-Dorchester Tunnel to Park St. Station. Short walk from Park St. Station. STARTS

COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS Armory, local com- First Corps Cadets PARADE mittees’ headquarters, Columbus Ave. and Arlington St. —Subway to Arlington St.

39. South Armory, Irvington St., opposite St. Botolph St.—Subway-Huntington Ave. car to Irvington St.

HOTEL HEADQUARTERS

6. Hotel Statler, Legion Headquarters, Ar- lington & Providence Sts. —Subway to Arlington St.-

7. Somerset Hotel, Auxiliary Headquarters, Commonwealth Ave. and Charlesgate East —Subway to Massachusetts Station.

8. Hotel Commander, Congressional Medal of (g) Honor Men, Garden & Berkeley Sts., Cam- bridge—Cambridge Subway to Harvard Sq., then Belmont bus or Huron Ave. car to Hotel.

9. Hotel Touraine, 40 and 8 Headquarters, Boylston and Tremont Sts. —Subway to Boylston St. Station or Elevated to Boyl- ston-Essex Station.

PULLMAN AND PIER CITIES

10. B. & M. Pullman City, back of Ford Plant, Mystic Ave., Somerville—Elevated to Sullivan Sq., then Fellsway car to Ford Plant.

11. B. & A. Pullman City, Allston yards Cambridge Subway to Central Sq., Station, then Union Sq., Allston, bus via Paver St. to yards.

12. B. & A. Pullman City, Exeter St. yards, near Mechanics Bldg. —Subway-Hunting- ton Ave. car to Garrison or West Newton Sts. to R. R. yard.

13. N. Y., N. H. & H. Pullman City, Dover St. yards—Dorchester Tunnel to Broadway Station.

14. N. Y., N. H. & H. Pullman City, South- ampton St. yards—Dorchester Tunnel to Andrew Station, then Dudley St. -City Point car to yards.

15. Commonwealth Pier, Northern Ave.— Dorchester Tunnel to South Station, D and Summer St. car to pier viaduct.

16. Eastern S. S. Pier, India Wharf, Atlantic Ave. —Elevated to Rowes Wharf Station, or East Boston Tunnel to Atlantic Ave. Station. ss *• asSaa Tp®s#st

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OTHER STATE ARMORIES East Armory, E. Newton St., Boston—Elevated to Northampton Station. Cambridge Armory, 120 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge—Subway to Massachusetts Ave., ’ then Harvard Sq. car to Armory, or Cambridge Subway to Central Sq., then Dudley car to Armory. Charlestown Armory, 380 Bunker Hill St., Charlestown—Elevated to City Sq. Station, then Bunker Hill St. car to Armory, or Subway to Scollay Sq. Station, then Bunker Hill St. car to Armory. Somerville Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Somerville—Subway-Lechmere car to Leehmere Sq., then Clarendon Hill-Highland car to Armory, or Elevated to Sullivan Sq. Station, then Clarendon Hill-Cross St. -Highland Ave. car to Armory. Medford Armory, High St., near Medford Sq. —Elevated to Sullivan Sq. Station, then W. Medford or Salem St. car via Winter Hill to Medford Sq. Chelsea Armory, Broadway, Chelsea—East Boston Tunnel to Maverick Station, then Chelsea car to Armory. Malden Armory, Mountain Ave., Malden—Elevated to Everett Terminal, then Eastern Mass. Melrose car to Armory. AUTO PARKS *28. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Yard, Massachusetts Ave. & Memorial Drive, Cambridge—Subway to Massachusetts Station, then Harvard Sq. car to M. I. T. *29. Harvard School of Business Administration Yard, opposite Harvard Stadium, Boston Cambridge Tunnel to Harvard Station, then Union Sq., Allston, bus to yard. *30. Carter Playground, Chelsea, Revere Beach Boulevard and Everett Ave.—Elevated to City Sq., Charlestown, then Eastern Massachusetts car to Chelsea. 31. Pinebank auto camping grounds, Main St., at Malden & Melrose line—Elevated to Everett Station, then Eastern Massachusetts Lowell or Lawrence car to camping grounds. *32. Mattapan Station—Dorchester Tunnel to Ashmont Station, then high speed trolley to Mattapan Station. 33. Ashmont Station—Dorchester Tunnel to Ashmont Station. 34. Everett Station—Elevated to Everett Station. *Free parking for registered Legionnaires. STEAM RAILROAD STATIONS

35. South Station, N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. and B. & A. R. R . —Dorchester Tunnel, or Atlantic Ave. Elevated to South Station. 86. Back Bay Station, N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., Dartmouth St. —Subway to Copley Sta. 37. Huntington Ave. Station, B. & A. R. R. inbound, Irvington St.—Subway-Huntington Ave. car to Irvington St. 88. Trinity Place, B. & A. R. R. outbound, Dartmouth St. —Subway to Copley Station. 25. North Station, B. & M. R. R., Causeway St.—Elevated, Subway, or Atlantic Ave. Elevated to North Station. COMMERCIAL GARAGES AND PARKING SPACES NEAR THE FOLLOWING RAPID TRANSIT STATIONS

Fields Cor. Station, Dorchester, via Dorchester Tunnel. Broadway Station, So. Boston, via Dorchester Tunnel. Kendall Sq. Sta., Cambridge, via Cambridge Subway. Central Sq. Sta., Cambridge, via Cambridge Subway. Harvard Sq. Sta., Cambridge, via Cambridge Subway. Leehmere Sq. Terminal, E. Cambridge, via Subway-Lechmere cars. Everett Terminal, Everett, via Washington St. Tunnel & Elevated. Sullivan Sq. Sta., Charlestown, via Washington St. Tunnel & Elevated. Forest Hills Terminal, Jamaica Plain, via Washington St. Tunnel and Elevated. Egleston Sq. Sta., Roxbury, via Washington St. Tunnel & Elevated. Dudley St. Sta., Roxbury, via Washington St. Tunnel & Elevated. Maverick Sta., East Boston, via East Boston Tunnel. Bowdoin Sta., City Proper, via Subway or Washington St. Tunnel. North Sta., City Proper, via Subway or Washington St. Tunnel. Kenmore Sta., Back Bay, via Boylston St. Subway. Massachusetts Sta., Back Bay, via Boylston St. Subway. Boylston Sta., City Proper, via Subway. Arlington Sta., City Proper, via Boylston St. Subway. ‘SUBWAY” refers to surface cars operated north and south in Tremont or Boylston Street Subway. ELEVATED” refers to Everett-Forest Hills elevated trains operated north and south through Washington Street Tunnel. ‘CAMBRIDGE SUBWAY” refers to trains operated east and west between Park Street Station and Harvard Station. ‘DORCHESTER TUNNEL” refers to trains operated east and west between Park Street Station and Ashmont, Dorchester. ‘EAST BOSTON TUNNEL” refers to trains operated east and west in East Boston Tunnel between Bowdoin and Maverick Stations. ‘ATLANTIC AVENUE ELEVATED” refers to trains operated north and south along the waterfront, connecting the several wharves and steam railroad terminals at North and South Stations. ap- Standing on a rough boulder overlooking the is a bronze Statue proach to Lexington Common , colonial forever memorializing the Minute Man of rest St the days who sprang to arms at the firSt call to encroachment on his “ inalienable rights. LIST OF DISTINGUISHED GUESTS

Charles Francis Adams, Secretary of Navy, The President of the United States Washington, D. C. Calvin Coolidge, Northampton, Massachu- Major General John A. Lejeune, Superin- setts Lex- tendent Virginia Military Institute, William R. Green, President of the American Washington, D. C. ington, Virginia Federation of Labor, of President-Ele6t of Fidac. Representative Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, Chicago, Illinois Each Member Nation of Fidac Major General Sir William Hickie, K.C.B., Edwin Foster, {G.A.R.) Worcester, Massa- County Tipperary, Ireland J. Retired), chusetts Admiral William S. Benson, USN ( R. Rush, USN, {Retired), Washington, D. C. Capt. William Massachusetts General Frank T. Hines, Administrator Vet- BoSton, Pfleiger, Rheims, France erans Affairs, Washington, D. C. Rev. Father Jean United States Colonel Fred W. Abbot, President of Fidac, Honorable David I. Walsh, Massachusetts Paris, France Senator, Clinton, States General Henri Gouraud, Paris, France Honorable Frederick H. Gillett,United Battle Monu- Springfield, Massachusetts General John J. Pershing, Senator, ments Commission, Washington, D. C. Honorable A. Piatt Andrew, Member of Con- Secretary of War, Wash- Massachusetts Patrick J. Hurley, gress, Gloucester, ington, D. C. Honorable William P. Connery, Member of Secretary of F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Congress, Lynn, Massachusetts Aeronautics Washington, D. C. of War ( ), Honorable John W. McCormack, Member Payne, Assistant Secretary Frederick Huff Congress, Boston, Massachusetts War, Washington, D. C. of Honorable Richard Wigglesworth, Member of Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secretary of Congress, Milton, Massachusetts Commerce, {Aeronautics), Washington, Honorable , Member of D. C. Congress, Lowell, Massachusetts Lt. Col. L. R. LaFleche, Dominion President, Governors of the New England States Canadian Legion of the British Empire The and New York Service League, Ontario, Canada Congressional Medal of Honor Col. Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of State, World War Washington, D. C. Men Page Seventeen

Standing on a rough boulder overlooking the ap- bronze Statue proach to Lexington Common., is a colonial forever memorializing the Minute Man of St the days who sprang to arms at the firSt call to rest encroachment on his “ inalienable rights. LIST OF DISTINGUISHED GUESTS

Charles Francis Adams, Secretary of Navy, The President of the United States Washington, D. C. Calvin Coolidge, Northampton, Massachu- Major General John A. Lejeune, Superin- setts tendent Virginia Military Institute, Lex- William R. Green, President of the American ington, Virginia Federation of Labor, Washington, D. C. President-Eledt of Fidac. Representative of Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, Chicago, Illinois Each Member Nation of Fidac Major General Sir William Hickie, K.C.B., Foster, (G.A.R.) Worcester, Massa- County Tipperary, Ireland Edwin J. chusetts Admiral William S. Benson, USN (Retired), Rush, USN, (Retired), Washington, D. C. Capt. William R. General Frank T. Hines, Administrator Vet- BoSton, Massachusetts Pfleiger, Rheims, France erans Affairs, Washington, D. C. Rev. Father Jean States Colonel Fred W. Abbot, President of Fidac, Honorable David I. Walsh, United Paris, France Senator, Clinton, Massachusetts General Henri Gouraud, Paris, France Honorable Frederick H. Gillett, United States Battle Monu- Massachusetts General John J. Pershing, Senator, Springfield, ments Commission, Washington, D. C. Honorable A. Piatt Andrew, Member of Con- of War, Wash- Patrick J. Hurley, Secretary gress, Gloucester, Massachusetts ington, D. C. Honorable William P. Connery, Member of Secretary of F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Congress, Lynn, Massachusetts Washington, D. C. War (Aeronautics), Honorable John W. McCormack, Member of Huff Payne, Assistant Secretary Frederick Congress, Boston, Massachusetts of War, Washington, D. C. Honorable Richard Wigglesworth, Member of Clarence M. Young, Assistant Secretary of Congress, Milton, Massachusetts Commerce, Aeronautics Washington, ( ), Edith Nourse Rogers, Member of D.C. Honorable Congress, Lowell, Massachusetts Lt. Col. L. R. LaFleche, Dominion President, the New England States Canadian Legion of the British Empire The Governors of York Service League, Ontario, Canada and New Medal of Honor Col. Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of State, World War Congressional Washington, D. C. Men Page Seventeen — !

E. Snapper Ingram Chef de Chemin de Fer NATIONAL OFFICERS SOCIETY FORTY AND EIGHT

Chef de Chemin de Fer E. Snapper Ingram, Los Angeles, Sous Chefs de Chemin de Fer William H. Yeager Talmage Smith Austin Imirie Washington, D. C. Girard, Pennsylvania Grand Island, David Levy Ralph E. McNeely Dr. William H. Hamley Cincinnati, Ohio Fowler, Indiana Lake Providence, Commissaire Intendant National Condudeur National N. Carl Neilsen Harry Freeman Gig Harbor, Washington Brighton, Massachusetts Gardes de La Porte Nationale Iowa Neil R. Fitch, Payette, Harvey A. Barnard, Rock Valley,

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Official Program La Societe Des 40 Hommes Et 8 Chevaux SUNDAY MONDAY October 6 October 5 a.m. Registration, Hotel Touraine 3:00 p.m. Registration, Hotel Touraine 9:00 Hall and Horticultural Hall and Horticultural a.m. Meetings of all Committees p.m. Meeting Cheminots Nationaux 9:00 5:00 Organization, Horticultural other than Permanent (.Executive Committee), Credentials, and Rules and Order, Hall Horticultural Hall of Committee on Cre- 5:30 p.m. Meeting Nationale 2:45 p.m. Music by Promenade dentials, Horticultural Hall Band, Voiture 410, Kenosha, Wisconsin, Meeting of Committee on Per- 5:30 p.m. and Promenade Nationale Drum and manent Organization,HorticulturalHall Bugle Corps, Voiture 149, Elyria, Ohio p.m. Meeting of Committee on Rules 5:30 3:00 P.M. Call to order by Chef de Chemin Horticultural Hall and Order, de Fer Nationale 9:00 p.m. Music by Promenade Advancement of Colors Wisconsin, Band, Voiture 410,'Kenosha, Invocation by Aumonier National and Promenade Nationale Drum and Committees on 3:10 p.m. Reports10. of Corps, Voiture Elyria, Ohio Bugle 149, 1 . Paraphernalia de Chemin 9:30 p.m. Call to order by Chef 2. Voiture Activities de Fer, E. Snapper Ingram 3. Grandes Voitures Advancement of Colors 4. Ritual National Invocation by Aumonier J. 5. Finance Monroe Stick 6. Initiation and Parade by the Reading of Call of Promenade 7. Resolutions Correspondant National Charles W. 8. Child Welfare

Ardery 9. Constitution Addresses of Weicome: His Excellency Trophies and Awards Common- Member- Frank G. Allen, Governor Awarding of Trophies (.Legion wealth, Massachusetts ship Mayor of Honorable James M. Curley, 4:30 p.m. New Business BoSton 4:45 p.m. Election of Officers John D. Crowley, Grand Chef de Gare, Retirement of Colors Massachusetts Benediction by Aumonier National Charles T. Flynn, General Chairman of Adjournment Eight Convention Com- blueprints to be fur- Forty and 7:30 p.m. Parade ( See mittee nishedfor details President, National Nationale Wreck, Carroll J. Swan 1930, 9:00 p.m. Promenade Convention Corporation BoSton Arena, Ritual exemplified by L. Address by National Commander O. Official Wrecking Crew of Grande Bodenhamer Voitureof Massachusetts and New Eng- Response by Chef de Chemin de Fer land States Introduction of National Officers and Dis- Awarding of Prizes for Parade tinguished GueSts Finis 10:30 p.m. Report of Committees on 1. Permanent Organization TUESDAY 2. Credentials October 3. Rules and Order 7 of National Officers 9:00 a.m. Form with own Departments in 10:45 P * M - Reports Committee Ap- Legion Parade 1 1:00 p . m . Announcements, American Legion Parade pointments, etc. 10:00 a.m. and 40 Supper and Retirement of Colors 1 1 -.30 p.m. 40 / 8 8 / Adjournment Dance, Hotel Statler Ballroom Page Nineteen NATIONAL OFFICERS — SOCIETY EIGHT AND FORTY

Le Chapeau National Mrs. Carrol Marks, Los Angeles, California

Les Demi—Chapeaux Nationaux Mrs. Anna Reed Mrs. Mary E. Macafee Mrs. Betty F. Hallgren Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Wheaton, Illinois Windsor, Conn. Miss Ruby McNeely Mrs. Alice Gordon Mrs. Mable Sopor Fowler, Indiana City, Billings,

La Concierge Nationale

Mrs. Ella Gill, Sea Cliff, New York

IJ Archivifle Nationale LLAumonier National La Surintendante Nationale Miss Emily Carey Mrs. E. F. Haddon Mrs. Mary C. Tousignant Thrifton Village, Cherrydale, Virginia , La. Amesbury, Massachusetts

Page Twenty 0fficial Program MARCHE NATIONALE EIGHT AND FORTY O7 SUNDAY Response Demi-Chapeau National Greetings of American Legion Aux- Macrae, October iliary, Mrs. Donald Jr., 5 National President American Legion, O. L. 9:00 p.m. Registration, Hotel Somerset, Greetings of the Committee Meetings, Headquarters Bodenhamer, National Commander Room, Hotel Somerset Greetings of “40 and 8”, E. Snapper In- gram, Chef de Chemin de Fer 9:00 p.m. Meeting of National Pouvoir Reports of Officers (.Executive Committee), Headquarters Room, Hotel Somerset Address of Chapeau National Reports of Committees MONDAY Unfinished Business New Business October 6 Eledion of Officers Installation of Officers 9:00 p.m. Business Meeting, Horticultural Hall Retirement of Colors National, Call to order by Le Chapeau 11:00 p . m . Initiation Mrs. Carrol Marks Advancement of Colors TUESDAY

Opening Service October 7 Address of Welcome, Mrs. Mary and 8 and 8 Tousignant, Le Chapeau Depart- 11:30 p.m. Joint Banquet 40 Ballroom mental and 40 Statler Hotel

Early patriots gathered here at Cradle Faneuil Hall, the of sounding the clarion Liberty , call to their fellow citizens. Towering in the background is the Custom House Tower. An ex- the ocean cellent view of BoSlon y , and surrounding cities is obtain- able from the tower balcony.

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SPECIAL FEATURES AND ENTERTAINMENT

Convention, SATURDAY 10:00 a . m . Opening of Legion Boston Arena Contents, Drill Teams October 4 10:00 a . m . Auxiliary and Bugle Corps, Baseball Field, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Historic Tours Boston Common Terminal at Charles Street, Boston a . m . Motor Boat {Preliminary) Races, Common (Continuing through Conven- 10:30 Charles River Basin tion) in 1 :oo p . m . Governor’s Luncheon Honor 3:00 p.m. Harvard - Football President of the United States, Game, Harvard Stadium of the Copley Plaza Hotel Park SUNDAY 2:00 p . m . Football game, Fenway Boston College vs. Quantico Marines October Races, Charles 5 2:00 p . m . Navy Cutter Special Services in Churches of all de- River Basin Races, Charles nominations with sermons on Patriot- 2:30 p . m . Motor Boat {final) ism by Clergymen River Basin Aerial Pageant, over Principal services at Cathedral of Holy 3:00 p . m . Monger Church {Epis- Boston Common Cross {Catholic) ; Trinity Tea, Club, Hunt- copal); Tremont Temple {Baptist); 3:00 p . m . Gold Star YD Temple Israel {Jewish); First (Mother) ington Avenue Hancock . Contents, Church of Christ {Sciential) 4:00 p m . Music John 8:00 a.m. Aloha Breakfast, Somerset Hotel Hall {Auxiliary) Tea, Salada Tea Audi- 12:30 p.m. Fidac Breakfast, Square and 4:30 p . m . Gold Star Compass Club torium Commander’s Dinner 2:30 p.m. National Child Welfare Con- 7:00 p . m . National Statler, ference, John Hancock Hall to Distinguished GueSts, Hotel 3:00 p.m. Tercentenary Pageant Float Pa- Imperial Ballroom Eight Convention rade 7:30 p . m . Forty and 3:00 p.m. Tea in Honor of National Presi- Parade over dent and National Officers by Depart- 8:30 p.m. Night Aerial Spebtacle, ment of Massachusetts, American BoSton Common Eight National Wreck Legion Auxiliary, CryStal Ballroom 9:00 p . m . Forty and Hotel Kenmore {Initiation) Feature and Band Con- 3:00 p.m. Tea in Honor of Convention 9:00 p . m . Special Pages, courtesy of Brookline Unit, certs, Embankment and Charles River Longwood Towers, Brookline Basin Fireworks Display, 6:00 p.m. Congressional Medal of Honor 10:00 p . m . Gorgeous Dinner, Hotel Commander, Cambridge Charles River Basin plays, 6:00 p.m. Past Presidents’ Parley Dinner, Special war feature pictures and Louis XIV Ballroom, Hotel Somerset various theatres 8:00 p.m. Memorial Service, Faneuil Hall TUESDAY {Cradle of Liberty) October 9:00 p.m. Opening Forty and Eight Na- 7 tional Promenade, Horticultural Hall 8:00 a.m. Rehabilitation—Child Welfare BreakfaSt, Hotel Kenmore MONDAY 8:00 a.m. Publicity and Radio BreakfaSt, October 6 Hotel Sheraton 8:ooa.m. BreakfaSt to Auxiliary Drill Edwards 8 130 a.m. Opening of Auxiliary Conven- Team, Courtesy of Bessie tion, Symphony Hall Cadets, Shepard’s Restaurant

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Break- 7:00 p.m. ConteSt Finals, Braves Field 8 : a.m. Chamber of Commerce 1 5 Fireworks Display, fast to distinguished gueSts 9:00 p.m. Gorgeous (Pre-ArmiSlice Barrage) 10:00 a.m. Start of American Legion Con- Braves Field Pageant vention Parade, Special contests 9:30 p.m. Historic—CoStume BoSton Arena singing — marching, float, unique fea- Military Ball, tures— to be judged during parade 7:00 p.m. States Dinner, American Legion THURSDAY Auxiliary, Symphony Hall 8:00 p.m. Carnival, Night—Block Danc- October 9 ing, Copley Square 10:00 a.m. Naval Fleet sails for Gloucester 9:00 p.m. Boxing Tournament, (Amateurs), p.m. Clambake, Stage Fort Park, Massachusetts Forty and Eight, BoSton 12:15 Gloucester Arena 2:00 p.m. International Fishermen’s Races, 9:00 p.m. Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, Gloucester Copley Square 6:00 p.m. Banquet to National Officers and 1 1 :jo p.m. Forty and Eight and Eight and Distinguished GueSts, City Hall, Glou- Forty Banquet, Imperial Ballroom, cester Hotel Statler All day entertainment by neighboring All evening—Reunions and Dinners, War- communities in and around BoSton time units and State Delegations

WEDNESDAY FRIDAY October 8 October 10 8:30 a.m. National Historian’s BreakfaSt, Con- to Department Chaplains and Depart- All Day—Historic Trips, Lexington, ment Historians, University Club cord, Plymouth, Salem, Marblehead 9:00 a.m. Band and Drill Team Contests, etc. Baseball Field, BoSton Common, Drum Corps ConteSt, Braves Field SATURDAY 10:00 a.m. Harbor Trip and Clambake, Beach Nantasket October 1 3:00 p.m. Naval Demonstration and Trib- ute to Old Ironsides, (USS Consti- 3:00 p.m. Harvard-Springfield Football tution) BoSton Harbor Game, Harvard Stadium Entertainment by several Neighboring 3:00 p.m. Yale-Georgia Football Game Communities New Haven Bowl

At three PM. Wednesday OSlober 8, U.S.S. Constitu- as “Old tion , better known Ironsides,” once more will sail the waters of BoSlon Bay. Secretary of the Navy, Charles Francis Adams, will be pre- sent to view the firSI ship of the American Navy.

Page Twenty-three HORTICULTURAL HALL Official National Head- quarters The American Legion

Corner of Massachusetts and

Huntington Avenues , direftly opposite Symphony Hall.

GENERAL INFORMATION O' Headquarters Registration and Information Main Headquarters for both REGISTRA Boston Convention Committees Headquar- TION AND INFORMATION are lo- ters; FirSt Corps Cadets Armory, Colum- cated in the Cadet Armory {Park Square bus Avenue (iOpposite Hotel Statler). All and Seftion of city ) . Additional Information local convention committees will have Registration Booths will be found at Rail- headquarters here to handle all necessary road Stations, BoSton Common, Conven- Convention arrangements, within their tion Halls, Official Parking Areas, and scope. principal hotels. Twenty-four hour service booths; eight A.M. to Legion National Headquarters Divisions; maintained at main Badges, books of Horticultural Hall, Huntington Avenue midnight at others. programs distributed at main at Massachusetts Avenue. tickets and booths to registrants only. Auxiliary National Headquarters; Symphony Hall, Huntington Avenue at Massa- chusetts Avenue. Housing All assignment of housing made at Housing Forty and Eight National Headquarters; Committee Headquarters, 90 Arlington Horticultural Hall Hotel Touraine. and Street {Hotel Statler Building).

Eight and Forty National Headquarters; Hotel Somerset. Commonwealth Avenue. Telephone Service The New England Telephone and Telegraph special Con- Convention Halls Company has established a vention exchange for official convention American Legion, Boston Arena, St. Botolph business, connecting all convention halls, Street at Massachusetts Avenue. headquarters, committee chairmen, com- American Legion Auxiliary, Symphony Hall. mittee rooms and departments headquar- Forty and Eight, Horticultural Hall. ters. This special exchange number is Eight and Forty, Horticultural Hall. Back Bay 6600.

Page Twenty-four PoStal Service Admittance to Convention Ses- The PoStmaSter at Boston has established a sions special American Legion National Con- All Legion Sessions will be held at the Arena. vention PoSt Office at the Convention Delegates and Alternates only will be Committees Headquarters in the FirSt admitted to the floor area and muSt show Corps Cadet Armory. All incoming mail their credential cards. Admission to Re- addressed to any one care of this special served Sections will be by Reserved Seat PoSt Office may be obtained there. Post Ticket only. Main entrance only to be Office will be open from 8:30 A.M. to 7:00 used. Wearers of Convention Badge given P.M. preference to unreserved sections until formal opening of convention sessions. Railroad Ticket Validation General public admitted thereafter if space permits. Agents of all initial lines at BoSton will be sessions of American Legion Stationed at Cadet Armory to validate Convention Auxiliary, Forty and Eight, and Eight special rate railroad tickets, as required to limited to members of said or- obtain benefit of special convention rates. and Forty ganizations, and muSt present member- ship cards as well as Convention Badge if Auto Parking Spaces necessary. Several parking spaces have been provided, Historic Tours some free to Convention Registrants, and General information regarding trips to the others at a nominal parking fee. Special numerous historic places and shrines for parking space is reserved for busses trans- which Boston and suburbs are famous may porting PoSts and Units who are to partici- be obtained at the Historic Tours Sedtion pate in the Convention Parade, October in the Cadet Armory. Walking tours have 7th; at the Technology Grounds across been arranged with guides available at the Charles River in Cambridge, near the reasonable hours. Special arrangements Harvard Bridge, Camps for automobile have been made with selected Agencies at parties who are Registered are available special rates to all sections of New Eng- free at Pine Banks Park near the Malden- land. Special pamphlets regarding these Melrose line about eight miles from center trips are available at Cadet Armory. In- of BoSton; Street car and bus service to formation on PoSt-Convention Tours BoSton is readily available from all these available at that desk in Armory. parking spaces. Contests regarding all contests Medical Aid Stations Detailed information may be obtained at Contests Committee Medical Aid Stations are established at all Desk in Cadet Armory. All organizations Convention Halls, Cadet Armory, BoSton and individuals to take part muSt register United Common, Headquarters Hotels, there. It is important to keep in close 600 Washington of States Veterans Bureau ( touch with committee in case of change Irvington Street), and South Armory ( plans. Street) with physicians and nurses in con- stant attendance. Parade Day Stations Local Transportation will be maintained along the entire route Detailed information regarding all forms of of the parade. local transportation may be obtained at all Information Booths and at Local Transportation Desk in Cadet Armory. Policing Arrangements Organizations desiring special arrange- should Convention policing arrangements head- ments for group transportation adequate notice to Local Transport quarters are at the South Armory ( Irving- give car, bus, ton Street) in liaison with BoSton Police Desk. Subway, elevated, Street Department and State Patrol headquar- taxi service, local railroad and Steamboat readily available ters. This headquarters will be in direct service information is herein for contact with all official police units upon request. {See spot map throughout the entire State. Street railway service in convention area.)

Page Twenty-jive Reunions Parades

Arrangements for reunions may be made There are three parades during the conven- through Reunions Committee at its desk tion. Float pageant parade Sunday after- in the Cadet Armory. Desk space for unit noon. Forty and Eight Parade Monday registration may be obtained in this sec- evening. Legion Convention Parade (28 tion at Cadet Armory. Banquets should miles long) Tuesday. The same route, with be arranged through this committee in elimination of business section for Sunday liaison with housing committee. and Monday parades, will be followed, utilizing all grandstands for three parades. Formation area weSt of Public Gardens to Avenue and between Boyl- Legion Convention Committee Massachusetts ston Street and Charles River Embank- Meetings ment. See Parade Orders. Committees of the National Convention will

meet at the State House ( Beacon Hill) with a few exceptions, which will meet at Traffic Regulation Horticultural Hall and John Hancock Convention area is divided into zones in Hall. All may be reached on telephone which traffic will be reStridted. General through Convention Telephone Exchange. traffic will be excluded from entire con- vention area Tuesday, Odtober 7 th, dur- ing parade. Vehicles from the weSt, north Golf and eaSt will be diverted at Cambridge Fenway. AutoiSts should Several golf clubs in immediate vicinity offer Esplanade and their cars in outlying sedtions readily their facilities to National Officers and park transportation, prefer- Registrants. Tournaments have been ar- available by local parking spaces indicated. ranged. All information available at En- ably in the vehicles may ob- tertainment Desk, Cadet Armory. Press cars and emergency tain necessary “police passes” at Police Arrangements Headquarters, South Armory, Irvington Street.

Radio Broadcasting Arrangements have been made for national broadcasting of all major events of con- vention and every one is urged to co- operate with radio officials and press rep- resentatives in carrying out their assign- ments. Detailed information regarding same may be obtained at Press Desks, Horticultural Hall and Cadet Armory.

Specific Information

Every local committee has a desk at the Cadet Armory where specific information regarding all convention arrangements may be obtained. The National Head- quarters Division are located at Horticul- tural Hall. Auxiliary Committees are at Symphony Hall. Forty and Eight Com- mittees are at Hotel Touraine. Eight and The official title is “Firfi Corps of Cadets Armory Local Committees Headquarters. Forty at Hotel Somerset.

Page Twenty-six CONVENTION HOUSING DIRECTORY CN' Departments of The Departments of Ameri- American Legion can Legion Auxiliary

Alabama Copley Plaza Fensgate Kenmore Touraine Arizona Charlesgate Arkansas Statler Arkansas Kenmore California Copley Plaza California . Canada Statler Hemenway Mayflower Connecticut Statler Colorado Hall Colorado Westminster Delaware Pelham Kenmore Delaware Statler Sta District of Col . Copley Plaza France Pelham Hall^ Florida Parker House Georgia Stadcr France Statler Hawaii Lincolnshire Georgia Brunswick Idaho Vendome Greece Statler Illinois Hawaii Statler Indiana Vendome Kenmore Idaho Statler Iowa Statler Illinois Lenox Italy Fensgate Indiana Statler Kansas Iowa Copley Plaza Copley Square Hemenway Italy Statler Louisiana Kansas Statler Hemenway Kentucky Copley Plaza Minerva Louisiana Statler Massachusetts Kenmore Maine Statler Michigan Pelham Hall Brunswick Maryland Myles Standish Massachusetts Statler Lincolnshire Michigan Brunswick Missouri Minerva Minnesota Brunswick Gralyn Mississippi Statler Montana Kenmore Missouri Brunswick Nebraska Montana Westminster Charlesgate Nebraska Parker House Kenmore Statler Square Nevada Copley Statler New Hampshire Fensgate New Jersey Brunswick York BuckminSter Touraine New New Mexico Puritan York Statler North Carolina New Kenmore North Carolina Statler North Dakota Statler Ohio Hemenway Ohio Statler Kenmore Oklahoma Statler Sheraton Oregon Statler Panama Statler Statler Panama Pennsylvania BuckminSter Pennsylvania Statler Minerva Rhode Island Brunswick South Dakota Kenmore Statler Lincolnshire South Dakota Statler Canterbury Tennessee Statler Texas Copley Plaza Utah Copley Square Utah Copley Plaza Vermont Kenmore Statler Vermont Virginia Copley Square Brunswick Virginia Washington Vendome Washington Statler Hemenway WeSt Virginia Copley Plaza Sheraton Wisconsin Statler Wisconsin Kenmore Wyoming Statler Wyoming Page Twenty-seven )

1930 NATIONAL CONVENTION CORPORATION

Committee Chairmen

Automobiles (GueSt) Major William W. Wade Mrs. Franklin Lee Bishop Auxiliary . Aviation .... Major Louis E. Boutwell Norman C. Singer Badges (Selection) . Badges {Supply) John J. O’Connell Boy Scout .... Ralph W. Robart Budget. .... Ralph M. EaStman Chamber of Commerce BreakfaSt General Edward L. Logan Church and Memorial Services Honorable Francis J. Good Concessions .... Louis Glaser Conte&s .... Oscar C. Bohlin Commander’s Dinner J. ErneSt Kerr Decorations .... Colonel William H. Root Disabled Veterans Hospitality Joseph J. Hurley Distinguished GueSts Bayard Tuckerman, Jr. Entertainment Department Commander Richard F. Paul Finance .... Honorable Caspar G. Bacon Dr. William Dwyer FirSt Aid and Hospitalization . J. Governor’s Luncheon Honorable Leverett SaltonStall Grandstands Dr. James J. Regan

. Leo M. Harlow Halls and Seating . Historic Tours Colonel Eben Putnam Hotels and Housing Raymond Brackett McMorrow Information .... William J. Sheehy Insurance .... . Alfred Liaison Departments Bazil B. Mulligan Liaison Local PoSts Clarence W. Piper Military Affairs General Alfred F. Foote Naval Affairs Commander A. Loring Swasey Parade .... Dr. William H. Griffin Parking .... . Edmund R. Dewing Julius F. Haller Policing Arrangements . PoStal Affairs William F. Carlin Program .... George W. B. Hartwell Publicity .... Major Paul H. Hines O’Connell Reception .... John J. Registration .... Clement A. Norton Blake Reunions .... Colonel William J. Sanitation .... Dr. Fred j. Bailey James Lewis Service ( General . McNulty Service Women . Mrs. Anna Thomas F. Quinn Speakers’ Bureau . Transportation—General General Charles H. Cole Albert Barnard Transportation—Local . Trophies .... Barry Keenan 40 and 8 Charles T. Flynn

Page Twenty-eight Miss Anna M. Dennis Haverty John D. Crowley Manion Department Adjutant Grand Chef de Gave President Massachusetts Massachusetts Department Massachusetts 40 and 8 8 and 40

Margaret Adelaide Miss Anna Miss Miss Wade Fitzgerald Maleady Secretary National Department Secretary Vice-President Massachusetts Eastern Division American Legion Auxiliary EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY

Mrs. Mary C. Mrs. Hormidas Miss May L. Tousignant Mahoney Phaneuf Le Chapeau Departmental Massachusetts 8 and 40 Page Tw 'nty-nine i 9 3° NATIONAL CONVENTION CORPORATION

Subcommittee Chairmen AUXILIARY ALOHA BREAKFAST Mrs. Elizabeth O’Brien BADGES Miss Mary Moran COLONIAL VILLAGE HOSPITALITY Miss Eugenie Marie Foss CONVENTION HALLS AND SEATING Mrs. Rodney Damon CONVENTION SOUVENIRS Mrs. W. S. Gibbons DECORATIONS Miss Loretto Lawless EIGHT AND FORTY Mrs. Mary C. Tousignant ENTERTAINMENT Mrs. Franklin Lee Bishop EQUIPMENT Mrs. Vera Drever FIDAC LUNCHEON Mrs. Winifred E. May FIRST AID Mrs. Katherine Hagar FLAGS Mrs. Charlotte Allen FLOWERS Mrs. Sturgis Rice GOLD STAR TEA Mrs. G. Walter Williams HISTORY GUIDES Mrs. Marie G. Fitch HOSPITALITY (lOCAl) Mrs. Vivian D. Martin HOTELS AND HOUSING Mrs. Hugh Ogden INFORMATION Mrs. Viola Broadbent LIAISON Mrs. Josephine Bunker LOST AND FOUND AND MAIL Miss Alice Watson MASSACHUSETTS GOLD STAR TEA Mrs. Charles Crowell MOTOR CORPS Mrs. Edmund R. Dewing MUSIC CONTESTS Mrs. Allethea Grant PAGES Mrs. Marshall Stowell PAST PRESIDENTS’ PARLEY Mrs. Gwendolyn Knowlton PILGRIM PROCESSIONAL Mrs. Rebecca Croft PROGRAM Miss Mary Murphy PUBLICITY Mrs. Paul Hines RADIO AND PUBLICITY BREAKFAST Mrs. W. E. Cawthorne RECEIVING AND DISTRIBUTING Mrs. Leo M. Harlow RECEPTION (HOTELS) Miss Margaret Morris RECEPTION (TERMINALS) Mrs. Katherine Kelley REGISTRATION Mrs. Archer W. Ives REHABILITATION BREAKFAST Miss Anna M. Manion SECRETARIES’ DINNER Mrs. Mark Murrill SERVICE Mrs. Lillian Nourse shoppers’ GUIDES Mrs. Minnie Cruff STATES DINNER Miss Adelaide Fitzgerald STORE Mrs. Lillian Burnham TRANSPORTATION Mrs. Anna C. Burke ^CESSIONS CANES AND STICKS Geo. Wiswell foods Louis Glaser GENERAL PROPOSALS Joseph Gavin SOUVENIRS Lyman Armes CONTESTS AMPLIFICATION Arthur B. Malone AUXILIARY Benjamin James PLACES FOR CONTESTS Raymond D. Fales

Daniel J. Doherty PUBLICITY William Moore SEATING David Snyder SPECIAL CONTESTS Thomas Ferguson TICKETS Charles Gorman TRANSPORTATION W. Allan Wilde ENTERTAINMENT BANDS Wm. F. Ward BLOCK DANCING Dr. F. L. Bishop BOXING CARNIVAL Richard D. Caples CHILD WELFARE AND REHABILITATION BREAKFAST Rev. George P. O’Conor COSTUME BALL Gabriel M. Stern FIREWORKS Harold S. Pratt Page Thirty Foy FLOAT PARADE Frank Ward FOOTBALL Dr. J. J. Fay GOLF James Martin HARBOR TRIP AND CLAMBAKE John J. Wigglesworth MOTOR-BOAT RACING Frank Murphy THEATERS Cornelius FORTY AND EIGHT Rhodes CONCESSIONS Dr. Frank I. Grant HALLS AND SEATING Loomis Squilliaciotti RECEPTION Anthony Freeman PARADE AND WRECK Harry Smith EIGHT AND FORTY Ralph Regan PUBLICITY Frank J. Amburg ENTERTAINMENT James Van Publicover BADGES AND PRIZES Harold Garrant REGISTRATION Benjamin D. Caples SPECIAL FEATURES Edward Coan PRINTING John F. Piper PARADE CONTESTS Clarence W. Crowley FINANCE John D. Gorman BOXING TOURNAMENT Charles Flynn PROGRAM Charles T. HALLS AND SEATING ARENA Hugh Hickey Lyman CADET ARMORY Enoch Hamilton HORTICULTURAL HALL Martin White JOHN HANCOCK HALL Arthur J. Mullen, Jr. SYMPHONY HALL James J. Douglas STATE HOUSE Thomas HOTELS AND HOUSING ARMORIES A. N. Aldrich Tobin AUXILIARY ROOMING HOUSES Mrs. Emma Beaudet BANDS Clement J. McTighe BEDDING James F. Bayard Tuckerman CLUBS IN BOSTON Lynn COLLECTIONS Frank Seamon COLORED ROOMING HOUSES George F. Starrett DISTINGUISHED GUESTS Arthur L. Curry LARGE ROOMING HOUSES J. Needharn LEGAL MATTERS Daniel Lewis LEGION POSTS HEADQUARTERS Lawrence J. MARINE HOUSING A. B. Sides Garrity TRANSPORTATION Stephen C. Pendill WESTERN STATES HOUSING Claudis PARADE Penny ALLIED SERVICE George S. Dwyer COMMISSARY John J. Dr. William Dwyer FIRST AID J. Murphy GUESTS AND MOTOR CARS John J. Michaels MOTORCYCLES AND MOUNTS David Barry MUSIC John W. Michael Mulkhern POLICE J. A. Lally PRINTING Jerome A. Ranlett USHERS Charles POLICING WELFARE Harry Burnett HOSPITALS Dr. Robert Cochrane PERSONAL William A. Fisher LEGAL Arthur D. Healy ZONING SANITATION LATRINES Dr. Karl Bailey FOOD William J. Cotty Daniel Bryne HOUSING AND PARKS J. CLEANING Albert Brown PREMISES Dr. John F. Riley STREET SERVICE Charles McCarthy MISCELLANEOUS SIGNS SUPPLIES Alphonsus Crowley SERVICE WOMEN NURSES M. Etta Wallace YEOMEN (f) Helen Murray Page Thirty-one APPRECIATION

n behalf of The American Legion, the Board of Directors I wishes to thank those who have so generously co-operated with the Program Committee in contributing materials, time and skill to the making of this program. The cover was designed by P. O. Palmstrom, engraved by Harvard Engraving Company, and printed by Wood, Clarke Press on Stock contributed by TileSton & Hollingsworth. The map was furnished by the BoSton Elevated Railway Com- pany, engraved by Harvard Engraving Company, and printed by Wm. B. Rand Company on paper contributed by Fitchburg Paper Company. The program was set up by Machine Composition Company and printed by The Barta Press. Engravings were made by C. J. Peters & Son Company and by The Wright Engraving Company. The binding was handled by the Boston Mailing Company and the Pinkham Press. G. W. B. HARTWELL

. Chairman , Program Committee

The Finance Committee of the Convention Corporation wish to express their grateful thanks to the numerous individuals, firms, industries, trades and other business interests which have con- tributed to the Convention Fund. The enthusiastic co-operation and generous support of these many public spirited citizens is much appreciated. We should like to make personal acknowledgment to each one by name, but so many have requested that no publicity be given their donation, that we are prevented from so doing. Our gratitude however, is none the less sincerely felt.

GASPAR G. BACON Committee. Chairman , Finance

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